Artist s box



(No Model.)

W. H. BROWNELL. ARTISTPS BOX.

No. 257,285. Patented May 2,1882

ATTORNEYS.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM .H. BROWNELL, OF BRooxLYN, NEW YORK.

ARTISTS BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

257,285, dated May 2, 1882.

Application flle'd March 11, 1882. (No model.)

1 all whom it may concern Be itknownthatI, WILLIAM H.BROWNELL,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and. Improved Artists Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable receptacle for artists materials, which will allow their safe keeping and convenient use and prevent disarrangement when the box is carried.

To these ends my invention consists in a novel construction of box, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved artists box arranged as an easel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the box as packed for transportation, but with the cover opened and the palette broken away; and Fig.3 is atransverse section on line as w of Fig. 2 with the cover closed.

The box A is to be made of suitable material and of any reqpired length, width, and depth.

b is the hinged cover, provided with a catch, a, and dis a handle attached on one edge of the box for use in carrying it.

. not washed out,

Internally the body of the box is divided by partitions 0 into compartments for receiving brushes, colors, pencils, &o. The compartment at one side is fitted with a tray, f, and in the tray is fixed a corrugated strip, g, for holding brushes h, so that they are kept from rolling. At the end of this tray is a hinged flap, t, that when turned down covers the hair of the brushes, so as to protect them. This tray f is for receiving brushes that have been used and and allows them to be path the box and the box packed and closed without the necessity of the brushes being first cleaned. The flap z covers the paint ends and protects them. The partitions 0 come shortof the upper edge of the box, so that a space is left to receive thepalette B, thatfits snugly and covers the arholes in the box closely. At one side is a log or flange, k, projecting over the palette, and

inside of cover b is a similar projection, I, that rests upon the palette at the edge opposite to flange it when the cover is closed. The palette is thusfirmly held, and in turn holds all the materials in their places, so that they shall not, be disarranged.

The sketching-pad (l is carried in the cover b, beneath fixed projections m m at one end and a spring-catch, n, at the other end, which hold the pad securely and prevent any contact with the palette when the box is closed. The pad is made double to receive sketching-paper on both sides, so that it will carry two sketches at once. The inner side is kept off from the box-cover by wires .9 8, attached on the inside of the cover, so that two wet sketches may be carried in the box without risk of injury. I provide for sustaining the pad by the box and cover in a convenient position for sketching as follows: 0 o are lugs or projections on the front part of the box. 1) p are hooks on the ends, and q q similar hooks on the ends of the cover. The pad is placed with one edge on the lugs o and the upper edge beneath the forward edge of'the cover, and the cover is held upon the pad by rubber bands 1' 0*, that are connected to the hooksp q at the ends ofthe box. The elastic bands retain the pad firmlyin place and in convenient position for sketching or painting.

With this box the artist may work and then replace the materials without the necessity of first cleaning the palette and brushes. Tints mixed on the palette can be left upon it for further use, or until there is opportunity to clean it, and the brushes used may be put in the box dirty without risk of the color getting upon the pad.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to securczby Letters Patent- 1. The box-cover containing pad holding flanges m, the spring-catch n, and the box A, the latter adapted to receive the palette beneath flanges k l, separating the palette and pad, as described. 7 2. The box A, formed with compartments, and with the projecting flanges k I on the body and cover to receive and retain the palette, substantially as described.

3. The double sketching-pad 0, combined substantially as described, and for the purwith a cover, b, having supports m and. the pose of receiving and retaining the sketching spring-catch n, as and for the purpose specipad.

fied. WILLIAM H. BROWN ELL. 5 4. The combination of box A, provided with Witnesses:

projections o 0 and hooks p, the cover b, pro- GEO. D. WALKER,

vided with hooks q, and the elastic bands 1', O. SEDGWIGK. 

